Census: Housing eats half of 200,000 O.C. incomes

Today, some 2.7 million California households – homeowners and renters – pay at least half their income for housing. That includes the Garcias and about 200,000 other Orange County households. The numbers have nearly doubled in the past decade, according to the Census Bureau. A much bigger group – 4.6 million California households – is paying 35 percent or more, above the traditional 30 percent norm, up by 1.7 million in a decade. CLICK HERE for "High housing payments the new American nightmare" by The Register's Ron Campbell.

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